Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:28:21 -0500
From: pauline.david@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Salk Staff Book Club
O.K., time for true confessions... not only did I fail to set a date for the next book club meeting, I also failed to notice that November is already almost halfway over!
I'd love to know who is interested in joining for a discussion of The Book Thief, and then to find out from those people what time frame and dates work best for you. We were originally talking about meeting shortly after Thanksgiving... and Cherith suggested that maybe we could meet early on a Friday, sort of as an early happy hour. If you're interested in being a part of this next book club discussion, please weigh in on these ideas. I'd love to choose a date before we leave for Thanksgiving.
Thanks!!
Pauline
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Pauline David <pauline.david@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you to Jake, Jenna, Cherith, Sonia, and Jennifer for participating in Thursday's discussion about The Students are Watching by Ted and Nancy Sizer. We had an interesting discussion about some of the ideas raised in the book, such as: what are the limitations of blanket statements like, "Don't shove in the hallway," and how might more nuanced discussions help us get students to really think about their actions and make constructive choices? We also talked about the importance of having conversations as a staff, because it's important that we make the time and space for these nuanced discussions together if we are going to have them with the students.
Building on that idea: I know there were several people who initially intended to come to book club but ended up feeling too overwhelmed to attend. I apologize for not changing the date when it turned out we were scheduling book club for the day after Curriculum Night. I want to encourage people who are interested in attending book club to let me know in the future if the choice of date is a problem -- the date is always flexible and I would like to accomodate everyone who would like to participate! I know we always have daily concerns that make us feel like we don't have time for these bigger conversations, but I think that it is these bigger conversations that keep us grounded in our purpose and vision when the day-to-day details threaten to overwhelm us.
(I also encourage those of you who are interested to borrow a copy of the Sizer book and check it out -- it's a short, quick read, and very thought-provoking.)
For our next book club meeting, we will be returning to young adult literature. Jake has suggested we read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Marcel wrote his summer book review on this book, which you can read on the bulletin board outside Rhonda's office. There are some copies floating around the school which you can borrow, or you can let Jennifer know if you'd like her to order you a copy (books are about $10 on Amazon). As for a date: I'm going to suggest we meet the week after Thanksgiving (week of December 3-7), although, as I mentioned above, that is flexible! If you are interested in joining for this next session, please drop me a line by the end of this week and let me know whether Dec. 3-7 works for you, and if so, what day(s) are best.
Thanks,
Pauline
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